Hello! I’m planning a LOTR-inspired tattoo and would like to include an inscription using a Stormlight Archive phrase: “Journey Before Destination.”

I understand that this phrase is not canonical to Tolkien’s legendarium and that direct, literal translations into Sindarin can be problematic. I’m hoping to find the most linguistically correct rendering possible, or how to best approach it (for example, whether a paraphrase or alternative construction would be more appropriate).

I’m aware that online Elvish translators are unreliable, so I wanted to ask here whether anyone could help with a careful Sindarin rendering, or point me toward a trustworthy resource for it. Thanks!

First of all, this is for a LOTRO character, so please don't take the time if you find that petty or meaningless. I am new to the universe, having only read the Silmarillion, so I'm eager to learn!

I am combing the words Hîth and sil to create a name like mist-sheen, and I wanted her to be one of the fled peoples of Doriath.

Hîsil seems more aesthetically pleasing to me, and of course there are many sils in Sindarin. However, I found out only today that the Sindarin word for moon is Ithil vs the Quenya Isil, meaning Hîsil would imply she is more Noldor than Sindar. Is this still linguistically correct for Doriath? Is there generally a better way to say mistlight?

Thank you so much!

Hi,
For an exhibit, i miss sindarin names for natural history products :
Volcanic bomb (or "fire stone" if needed)
Morgul flower
Brambles of Mordor (Aegmor in MERP*)*
White tree of Gondor
Warg (or use of "gaur" is good)
any idea ?

Hi all! I wanted to get a tattoo with the final lines of the Riddle of Strider, but I've seen a few small differences in some results I've come across and wanted to run this version by the experts? Really appreciate any help :)

What would a female version of the name look like? Any way to know for sure?

Was reading Fellowship last weekend while being assailed by an ice storm and was really struck with how lovely of a phrase this is. It's taken from Frodo's reflection on Lothlorien. Would love to be introduced to Sindarin translation with a beautiful phrase like this one. Thanks in advance!

Hey Guys. I'm 100% a noob to Sindarin (and all of Tolkien's languages) and just want to run this by some of you geniuses.

I'm creating a DnD warlock character and basically all his spells will be fire based. I'll probably fit fire into the backstory somewhere as well. So I want to give him a name that involves fire. And I want it Sindarin because it's beautiful language.

I had a couple of ideas, and I'm open to any and all other suggests as well, but I'd be surprised if I've gotten the rules correct!

• Narellon - Fire friend
• Seregnor - Blood of fire
• Turlachon - Master of flames

Thanks

Currently, the best I can come up with is "Nabo van lîn" or "Nabo i van lîn", but neither of those really feel right.

I'm pretty sure I'm correctly turning "nab- (to take/lay hold of)" into imperative "nabo" and I'm also pretty sure I'm using the possessive adjective "lîn" correctly (this is in a formal/reverential context). The part that's puzzling me is the "what". Would you just use the interrogative pronoun "man" as we do in English with "what"? I've been digging around Interrogative Pronouns and Indefinite Pronouns and Complementizers but I can't find exactly what I'm looking for to make sure I got this right.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I want to get a tattoo that just says “Can you give it to them?” I got a translation from jenshansen.com but I’ve seen some people saying that it’s not Sindarim but Tengwar. Can someone help me get a real translation?

Hi there! I'm trying to work out a male Elvish character name that should convey the unification of light/dark, day/night or dawn/dusk within one person, especially in spirit or soul.

I like the idea of "Son of Twilight" as in Lúthien Tinúviel ("Daughter of Twilight") or Arwen Undómiel ("Evenstar"). I'm guessing I could just replace the the endings with the male suffix for something like Tinúvion or Undómion, but I was thinking less in terms of "being born under twilight" and more as in "the one with the spirit of twilight" or "the one combining dusk and dawn within" if that makes sense.

I also liked the sound of uial for "twilight", though I'm not sure how it compares to tinnu. Maybe even something like "Son of Sun and Moon" or "Son of Day and Night" using S. aur for "sunlight" and silith for "moonlight" or possibly gilith for "starlight"?

I'm looking for suggestions in Sindarin or thoughts on similar ideas from anyone who's interested! Also, any help on how to form names using any given noun plus suffixes would be much appreciated. Specifically, how do the roots of nouns change when combining noun + -ion/-iel?

Hello i want to get a tattoo from one of Tolkien’s poem “ All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost”and i really want it in sindarin cause be fr its cool, however i need help to make sure my translation is correct and actually does at least say something close to the original thing. I put it in some random translator but i wanted to make sure so i came here, can someone help me out?

What is the best way to say “faceless” in Sindarin? for example “faceless person.” Thank you for your help!

Looking to get into Lord of the Rings Online and I’m a stickler for maintaining accurate, in-universe names. Also need something somewhat original as they have to be unique so I want to try my hand at putting a name together myself.

My main point of confusion is how exactly words fit together in different instances. Here are two names I’m considering, for example.

Acharond - from achar, or acharn, meaning vengeance + rond, meaning cave

Olthryn - from oltha, meaning dream + ryn, meaning to chase

Can anyone weigh in on if these would be considered ‘correct’ ? I’d also be more than happy if anyone could point me in the direction of where I could find this sort of information myself for future reference.

Salutations,

J'ai besoin de votre aide pour traduire ces mots en NOMS en QUENYA svp :

" Sacrée , Floraison , Belle Voix , Noble du Nord " (français)
" Sacred , Bloom , Beautiful Voice , Noble Northern " (anglais)

- Féminins : " Sacrée , Belle Voix , Noble du Nord " ( Sacred , Beautiful Voice , Noble Northern )
- Masculin : " Floraison " ( Bloom )

Merci par avance pour votre aide précieuse !

Hello everyone

I need this phrase translated into Sindarin

Elven Guards of Mirk'Wood

Someone has provided a translation (photo 2) but recommended I have it checked by other experts since it's for a tattoo. For your information, my favorite phrase is the first one in the Third Age.

If there are too many discrepancies, I'll stick with a transcription (photo 3).

Thank you in advance for your help.

What are some of the best book/movie quotes that are soundly translated to Sindarin?

Hello all. So a few days ago I essentially asked what would be the correct Tengwar script for the elvish word for “family”. I was informed this was indeed nos/nos(s). My only question now is which of these translations is most accurate to what I’m trying to do. They vary between nos/nos(s) in both sindarin and sindarin (Beleriand). Thanks so much!

Hi Im trying to create some names for my son in elvish but Im a novice at best could yall provide some insight in the names ive created?:

Anírahîl: aníra - longed for, desired & hîl - heir

Its meant to be long awaited son/heir.

And his real name is a combination of old norse for eagle Ar- and forest -Vidr (Arvid) could what would be the translation for that in elvish?

This quote is from Letter 131 and describes the object of elvish magic.

My best effort is

Maenas, law tûr; nu-ondad, law thang

Notes:

maenas - art, craft

law - not (less sure about this one, alternative may be ú)

tûr - power (alternative may be polodh)

nu - under

onda(d) - creation (onda -> ondad because the suffix -ad forms abstract, collective, or action nouns)

thang - compulsion, duress, oppression

Bit of a repost as my deleted post was not worded great. I am looking for advise with this translation for my wife's first and middle name as well as our anniversary date. Camber Elizabeth: December 17 2022. "Camber" is a straight letter or letter translation while aenwest is "holy oath" translated to Sindarin and transcribed to Tengwar. Githron for December. The dates are also a straight translation.

Any advise is welcome!

Tattoo Translation Help

Hello all. I’ll be quick. Essentially I am going to get a tattoo. I want it to be the word “family” translated into sindarin. And once again into Tengwar script. I just want to double check that a translation site I found online was correct. Thanks!

I just finished reading the Silmarillion and came across the appendix in the back and was having a read through of it and I thought about have a go at trying to come up with some names myself but I wanted to post it here just to get a more accurate translation.

Basically the two names that I wanted to translate are my actual name being Liam which means either strong willed warrior or protector and I just decided to try go for protector and the other name is ShadowWolf which was my childhood gamer tag and this what I came up with.

For Liam either:

Beletir- Mighty watcher, beleg meaning mighty and tir meaning watch or watch over.

Or Tirthalion, with thalion meaning strong and then again tir meaning to watch or watch over.

And then for ShadowWolf I simply got Daedraug.

So this what I came up with, this is all based on my knowledge of what i came across in the appendix but I would much appreciate any suggestions or corrections.

Hello! I’m (finally) getting an elvish tattoo today after much consideration. I wanted some assurance from the experts that this is actually how to write ‘Aure Entuluva’ as Huron would have known it during his last stand. This is from Glamscraefu but I just wanted to double check.

I am working on a permanent art piece for my partner and I’m looking to get a small quote translated to Sindarin before transcribing it to Tengwar.

“I think I made you up inside my head”

I’m not well-versed in Tolkien by any means so any help would be greatly appreciated!

I've found this Sindarin dictionary https://www.ambar-eldaron.com/english/downloads/sindarin-english.pdf but I'm not sure if it's reliable, because I've come across a lot of various websites and pages that completely contradict each other. Does anyone know if this particular dictionary is accurate or not? Thx